Division of Surgery - BHRUT NHS

22/01/2026

10/10/2025

The BHR Upper GI team presence at AUGIS Annual scientific meeting .

Excellent presentations by our residents and Consultants on aspects of


Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

01/07/2025

Congratulations to Iris ward at King George Hospital for receiving their second gold on our ward accreditation scheme.

Read more on our website: https://www.bhrhospitals.nhs.uk/news/iris-ward-strikes-gold-again-5049

20/05/2025

We’re one of just four NHS trusts in the country to install a chest implant around double the size of a 50p coin to treat sleep apnoea.

Read more here: https://www.bhrhospitals.nhs.uk/news/the-tongue-pacemaker-implant-which-treats-sleep-apnoea-5024

02/05/2025

01/03/2025

Last Saturday we performed 27 gall bladder operations in 1 day at the elective hub at King George Hospital.
Robotic & laparoscopic surgery.
4 surgical teams/ Lot of behind the scenes work/
No cancellations on the day.
And everyone finished on time.
This was the highest number of gall bladder Surgery that we have done in one day.

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
NHS England

25/12/2024

Merry Christmas to all!
From the surgical team working across King George & Queens Hospital today.

Hot food for all our staff in the surgical wards/theares and switchboard.
Special thanks to our own Santa (Mr Wain) & the General Surgery Consultants for organising this

12/09/2024

Our UGI surgical trainees presenting at the National conference of UGI surgeons (AUGIS) in Manchester!
Flying the flag high for BHRUT 👏👏

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

27/07/2024

20 Choles off our waiting list in 1 day: 3 lists running in parallel.
Well done to the teams today👏

Lot of background work by our admin team/admissions/preassessment/Day Surgery/Recovery Staff/Porters who ensure the success of these high volume lists.

With the correct support a lot is achievable...even training in these high volume lists.

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust